“He was strong and he was faster than me,” Poon said. “I knew that going in, I just had to assert my strength over his speed and that was the idea. I tried to use the right weapon at the right time. I opened up with some kicks, I landed a couple of elbows and I finished the fight in the second round with some kicks to the legs.”

Poon knocked Lepage him down three times. Lepage was appearing in his 27th fight, giving him more than twice as much in-ring experience as Poon.

“I just happened to use the right weapon at the right time,” Poon said. “It could’ve gone either way. When it comes to combative sports, we always have to understand as fighters that anything can happen.”

The fight was scheduled for five two-minute rounds.

Next up for Poon is his Canadian military fitness test next week. He’ll decide on his competitive muay thai future after he learns of the results of the military test.